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Case study · MSHA Record #220140210076
Laborer fatality
January 16, 2014 at 9:10 PM
Mountain View Mine
· Mettiki Coal WV, LLC
· Tucker County, WV
Investigator narrative
Employee was caught between the feeder and the coal rib as he was tightening up the chain connecting the feeder to the tailpiece. The crew had just completed moving the belt and was in the process of anchoring and aligning the tailpiece. The tailpiece broke loose and when doing so shifted the tailpiece and feeder towards the off side of the belt, where the employee was positioned.
Record details
- Classification
- POWERED HAULAGE
- Accident type
- Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
- Activity at time
- Machine Maintenance
- Subunit / location
- UNDERGROUND
- Underground location
- LAST OPEN CROSSCUT
- Mining method
- Continuous Mining
- Source of injury
- CONVEYORS,NEC
- Nature of injury
- CRUSHING
- Body part affected
- TRUNK, MULTIPLE PARTS
- Total mining experience
- 2 years
- Experience at this mine
- 0 years
- Experience in this job
- 0 years
- Mine type
- Underground
- Sector
- Coal
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